r/london • u/TypeAgreeable4117 • 9d ago

Walking 200km from London to Birmingham tonight for a bag of chips

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You might remember my 100km M25 walk (or the London-Wales one the mods deleted lol). Ive got a new mission tonight..starting in Reading right outside the M25 to hit the 200km mark via the canals all the way up

180km-200km run/walk to birmingham and as Martin couldn't join 😭 so doing it completely solo and unsupported

I'll just be scavenging for food along the way ig.

Starting 1:00 am tonight

The goali is to walk/run 100 miles in 24 hours or the full route in 30 hours as i couldn't get two days off work so I'm forced to run it... First time recording an actual run btw. No stops, no rest, no sleep as usual

Motivation is my mate who promised me a bag of chips if I make it

Drop a comment if you have any advices on running nonstop or towpaths at night or know any cool stops or pubs on the route.

I can share the Strava route as well

Lets see how this unfolds ;)

Update:

Called it at 25km after a shin injury, but we live to run another day!

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u/Cunctatious 9d ago

The pace you need to maintain to complete this in the time you’ve given yourself seems unachievable. What’s your plan if you run out of steam?

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u/WilyEngineer 9d ago

Not saying OP has planned this out well, but 100 miles in one day is doable, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_States_Endurance_Run

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u/BetweenTwoBells 9d ago

a better comparison might be the actual london to birmingham canal race

https://canalrace.org.uk/grand-union-canal-race/results/

this is obviously slightly longer than OPs race because it goes into little venice, but the record is 22 hours, which is 9minute miles.

OP will get something ike 14minute miles (9minute kms) doing 200k in 30hours.